Shoe-fastener.



A. I. WRIGHT.

SHOE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED 0:0.29. I9I4.

Patented Jan. 9,1917.

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ANTHONY WRIGHT, OF FROLONA, GEORGIA.

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r Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented an. e, 1917.

Application fil ed December 29,1914. Serial No. 879,495.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY T. WRIGHT, a citizenof the United States, residing at Frolona, in the county of Heard and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdesoription of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in shoes, and more particularly to a simple and quickly and easily operable shoe fastener for detachably securing the meeting edges of the shoe together.

The invention has forits object to provide a shoe fastener including a flexible member rotatablysecured longitudinally of one of the edges of the shoe carrying a plurality of spring hook members adapted to engage eyelets in the other edge to secure the edges in position on the wearer.

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shoe of g one edge 6 of the upper provided with a With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novelconstruction,

arrangement and formation of parts as will.

plurality of eyelets 7. -A rotatable member 8 is secured longitudinally of the otheredge 9 of the shoe upper and is rotatably secured in bearing members 10 havin apertures receiving" the reduced end portlons 11 of the rotatable member 8 and having integral spaced tongues 12 whereby-the bearing members are secured in position upon the shoe 5. p

A plurality of. hook members 13. preferably formed of spring material and corresilient metal.

' eyelets 7 after facihtating sponding in number to the number ofeyelets 7 in the edge 6 are secured eccentrically to the member 8 and are provided withhooked ends 14 adapted to engage within the eyelets 7 of the edge 6. The beaks or hooked ends of the hook members are of adequate strength and rigidity to prevent them from straightening out and slipping through the eyelets 7. It will be understood that the rotatable member 8 is curved from end to end so that it will lie flat said member is preferably formed of a recured centrally of the rotatable member 8 and is adapted to engage the adjacent portion of the shoe upper to prevent rotation of the member 8 when the shoe is in use and against the shoe and An arm or handle 15 is sethe hooked ends 14 of the hook members 13 are engaged within the eyelets 7 When it is line position in Fig. 2, thus moving the hook members 13 longitudinally and drawing the edges of the holding the shoe edges in this relatively close relation and swinging the arm or handle 15 to its initial position against the shoe, the hooked ends ,bers 13 may be readily withdrawn from the shoe.

What I claim is:

The combination. with'the curved meeting edges of an article of wearing apparel, of a plurality of eyelets secured to one of the edges, a pair of bearing members secured to the other edge, a member longitudinally s'ecuredin said bearing members and curved ,from end to 'end conformably with the curved meeting edge, a pluralityof spring shoe closer together, and by or beaks of the hook memremoval of the desired to remove the shoe the arm or handle-15 is moved upwardly to the dotted hook members secured to said rotatable memher and having hooked outer terminals adapted to engage in said eyelets, and an arm secured to said rotatable member adapted to engage a portion of the article of wearing apparel to secure the against rotation. In'testimony whereof I aifix my'signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANTHONY T. WRIGHT. Witnesses: l R; F. GAY,

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